Definition of oligarch
: a member or supporter of an oligarchy
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Putin’s rise transformed the place of these oligarchs.
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Andrew Intrater, its chief executive, is an American cousin of Vekselberg, one of the Russian oligarchs under U.S. sanctions because of his close ties with Putin.
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Vekselberg is one of the oligarchs recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Vekselberg is one of two Russian oligarchs the FBI stopped earlier this year after their private jets landed in New York-area airports as part of Mueller's investigation.
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Veselnitskaya previously admitted that her goal in the meeting was to push for the overturn of the Magnitsky Act, a U.S. law that has been used to seize the funds and restrict the movement of Russian oligarchs implicated in serious crimes.
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The funds Hungary gets from the European Union, say opposition politicians, are often channelled to Mr Orban’s cronies, including his son-in-law and the mayor of his home village, nurturing a new class of oligarchs.
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Within that law was a measure requiring the administration to create a list of Russian oligarchs.
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Another supermajority would give Orban the chance to boost the power of the oligarchs and further restrict the independence of institutions such as the judiciary.
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Origin and Etymology of oligarch
Greek oligarchēs, from olig- + -archēs -arch
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First Known Use: circa 1610
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Definition of oligarch for English Language Learners
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: a person who belongs to a small group of people who govern or control a country, business, etc.
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